Sex offender is arrested in Alamogordo

Otero County Sheriff's Office detectives arrested a 39-year-old man who was wanted for failing to register as a sex offender in Louisiana, Sheriff Benny House said.

House said OCSO detectives learned Monday that Stephen Michael Kreidler was possibly a sex offender who recently relocated from another state.

He said Kreidler allegedly failed to register with the Otero County Sheriff's Office.

House said Sheriff's Office detectives located Kreidler at a residence in the 2200 block of Cielo Vista in Alamogordo.

He said detectives learned Kreidler had been living at the Alamogordo residence since mid-November 2012.

"Sheriff's Office learned through the National Crime Information Center that Kreidler had an arrest warrant out of Livingston, La., for failure to register as a sex offender or child predator," House said.

He said Kreidler's arrest warrant was issued Sept. 18, 2012.

"Kreidler had been previously convicted in Alabama resulting in him going to Louisiana," House said. "Once he left Louisiana, then he went to Tennessee and ended up here in Alamogordo. While detectives made contact with Kreidler at his residence in Alamogordo on Cielo Vista and placing him under arrest for failing to register under New Mexico law, detectives observed a computer that Kreidler was utilizing at the time of contact with law enforcement."

He said detectives seized the computer as part of their continuing investigation of Kreidler.

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House said Kreidler is charged in Otero County with one count of fourth-degree felony non-compliance with registration of sex offenders.

Kreidler is jailed at the Otero County Detention Center on a $5,000, no-10 percent bond pending his appearance in court.

House said Kreidler is also jailed on the Louisiana warrant for failure to register as a convicted sex offender or child predator.

Kreidler is also jailed at OCDC on a $25,000, no-10 percent bond.

"After the arrest, Kreidler admitted to Sheriff's Office detectives that he knowingly failed to register in New Mexico," he said. "Kreidler also admitted he was planning to head to another state in the northern part of the United States."

House said Louisiana authorities will work out the details of extraditing Kreidler with the 12th Judicial District Attorney's Office.

"Any time the Sheriff's Office receives information about a convicted sex offender who has not registered with our office, it becomes a priority for us," he said. "We will investigate it because the court has deemed them dangerous. We want to get the offender located and taken off the streets to alleviate the possibility of a repeat offense in our community and protect our citizens."Contact Duane Barbati at dbarbati@alamogordonews.com. Follow him on Twitter @DuaneBarbarti

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